The Drip - The Haunting Fear Of Inevitability (Relapse Records) 2017
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From crust to grind, from sludge to the classic d-beat esque, we couldn’t ask for anything more extreme than this violently precise sonic assault. The Haunting Fear of Inevitability is The Drip’s crushing new album, an intense mix of straight ahead old school grindcore. Of course, it’s fair to say that the Washington’s five piece do have much in common with the likes of Pig Destroyer, Napalm Death and Rotten Sound, but their ultra-fast blastbeats and antagonistic breakdowns still demonstrate a fresh, but more importantly, a powerful and dynamic new range to a genre that nowadays lacks impact and some kind of immediate effect. Let’s see where they go next…